Reel-seat.



PATENTED APR. 2, 1907. P. c. GORHAM. A

REEL SEAT.

APPLIoATloN FILED 11.110,23. 1905.

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FRANK O. GORHAM, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REEL-SEAT.

No. 849,231. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed December 23, 1905. Serial No. 293,101.

T all wI/Om 1375 ml/y 0071/0677111 fits somewhat loosely upon the sleeve 4 and Be it known that I, FRANK O. GoRHAM, a is designed to readily slip over and be forced citizen of the United States, residing in the upwardly upon the wedge-shaped end at city, county, and State of New York, have that end of the base 3, the lightness of the invented a Reel-Seat, of which the following metal and its resiliency permitting of this 6o is a specication. operation, so that these parts assume the The principal objects of the invention are position illustrated in Fig. l, and as thus to produce a very simple and inexpensive combined, as will be obvious, the reel-base is construction of reel-seat which is adapted to firmly secured in position. To release the ro securely retain upon the rod the usual comreel, it is only necessary to draw the locking 65 mercial form of reel in such manner that band or ring 7 backward or from over the while the reel is perfectly secure and immovwedge-like end of the base. It now merely able, yet the construction of seat is such that remains to provide a convenient locking by a very simple operation or manipulation means for the locking band or ring 7. This of its parts the said reel may be removed or may be accomplished by a variety of means, 7o

applied and securely locked, as the case may but preferably by one of such construction be. herein shown and to be described.

Other objects and advantages of the in- In the under side of the sleeve 4 or at some vention will hereinafter appear, and the other convenient point,if preferred, I provide 2o novel features thereof will be particularly a longitudinally-disposed series of notches or 75 pointed out in the claims. teeth 8, which notches or teeth, it will be un- Referring to the drawings, Figure l is an derstood, may be formed in avariety of ways. elevation in part of a pole provided with a In Figs. 1 and 2, however, notches are cut in reel-seat embodying my invention and holdthe metal, the resulting teeth being thus ab- 2 5 ing a reel thereon, the reel-seat being shown rupt at front and inclined at the back, so that 8o in longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a bottom an oppositely-formed locking-tooth intended elevation of the pole thus provided. Fig. 3 to coact therewith will readily ride forward is a detail in perspective of the slidable lockthereover and resist backward movement. ing-band. Fig. 4 is a slightly-modified con- Such a coacting tooth or pawl is formed at 9 3o struction of the same. Fig. is a view simiupon the forward free end of a spring-tongue 85 lar to Fig. 2, showing a slight modification. 10,that extends forwardlyfromthefront edge Similar numerals of reference indicate' of the locking band or ring 7 and over the similar parts throughout the drawings. series of teeth 8. This locking-pawl, it will The pole 1, reel 2, and the base 3 oi' the latbe understood, may be formed integral with 3 5 ter are all of the conventional forni-that is the locking-band 7 and produced by slitting 9o to say, the reel-base is concaved longitudithe band somewhat deeply, as in Fig. 4, or nally upon its under side to correspond with only slightly, as in Fig. 3. So, too, may teeth the rod or pole and is tapered at its outer 8 be produced in a variety of ways, such as side and opposite ends. stamping, punching, &c. In Fig. 5 simply 4o At a suitable point upon and near the butt holes l1 are punched in the sleeve 4 and the 95 of the rod or pole is located and secured the spring tongue or pawl 12 may be provided metallic sleeve 4, slightly longer than the with a round engaging tooth 13, (see dotted base l3 ofthe reel and provided with the lines,) designed to successively engage the usual raised ribs (not shown) for engaging same.

the sides of the base 3 or any other devices The operation will at once be understood. 10o employed and adapted for a similar purpose. The reel-base having been positioned with its At one end of the sleeve 4-in this instance front end under the band 5, the locking-ring the front-there is located the metallic band is slipped over the remaining end of the seat 5, the upper side of which is slightly raised or and forced forward until the reel becomes se- 5o offset, as at 6, to receive the front wedgecure. During this operation the spring 105 shaped end of the base 3 of the reel, and thus tongue or pawl will successively engage the form an abutment or stop for the reel. At teeth or notches 8 and finally lock with the the opposite end-in this instance the rear one most convenient. To remove the reel, it end-of the sleeve 4 is located the removable is merely necessary to disengage the pawl slidable locking band or ring 7. This band from the tooth 8, engaged thereby, and slide 11o the band 7 rearward. This is preferably accomplished by giving the locking band or ring a slight rotary movement in either ydirection. In the construction shown in Fig. 5 the tooth is merely rounded to permit of this operation.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described reel-seat, comprising the pole-receiving sleeve provided with a longitudinal series of inclined teeth, the abutting reel-base-receiving band at one end of said sleeve, and the slidable locking band or ring adapted to slip over the end of the reelbase and provided at its front edge with a springtongue having a tooth inclined opposite to and adapted to engage the teeth of said sleeve.

2. The herein-described reel-seat, comprising the pole-receiving sleeve provided with a longitudinal series of teeth, an abutment at one end of the sleeve, and the slidable locking band or ring adapted to slip over the end of the reel-base and provided with a springtongue having a tooth adapted to engage and interlock with the teeth of said sleeve.

3. The herein-described reel-seat, comprising the pole-receiving sleeve, a reel-base-engaging means at one end, an engaging means arranged in longitudinal alinement upon the sleeve, a rotatable looking band or ring, and means carried thereby for removably engaging said engaging means of the sleeve.

4. The herein-described reel-seat, comprising the pole-receiving sleeve provided along its side with a series of teeth, a reel-basareceiving abutting ring at one end thereof, a reel-base-engaging flexible band or ring rotatably and slidably mounted on the other end, and means carried by the band or ring for removably engaging the series of teeth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence yof two subscribing Witnesses.

FRANK o. GORHAM.

Vitnesses:

` CHAs. E. RIonDoN,

H. S. BEALL. 

